Slicing machine



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Patented June 16,1925. l l "l A i l UNiTEois'rArfEs PATENT OFFICE.

i WALLACE B. WQLFF, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Y srICING MACHINE. Applicaties fiiesaugusi 25, 1324i sei-iai No. 733,894.

To all fui/ioni, t may concer/n.' 1 i wall of said groove oi" channel.v The plate Bc itknown that I, TALL/ma. 70Min, AG may be ldownwardly turned at its rear a citizen of the United States, residing at Vas at A12. Its forward edge is upwardly7 Chica-go, in the county of-Cook `and State offset as at A14 from the body of the plate. 60

of Illinois, have invented a certain newand 'The upwardly off-set portion, may, 4if, de-

useful Improvement in Slicing Machines, of `sired,` terminate short ofthe side edges of which the' following is a specification. vthe plate, as shown in Figure 3. Itis grooved My invention relates to a meat slicing' maor corrugated as at A15. Amis the front chine, and particularly to a slicing machine plate 'of the carriage, the upper edge of 65 V l0 of the type wherein a meat carrier is rewhich conforms to itin shape.

ciprocated back and forth past a circular B is a forwardly `inclined `meat support rotating knife, the" meat carrier proper being adapted to slide along the carriage A1, but fed forward in the course of and as the reout of contact with the upper edge of the suit of such reciprocation so that a-slice of plate AG( It may consist, for example, of the 5 substantially uniform thickness is removed side elements or tracks B1 with the downin the course of each reciprocation. I have wardly depending flanges B2 in fwhich are for one object the provision of means for fixed the elements B3 which penetrate the supporting the lower edge of the material slots A11 along the sides of the carriage A1. being sliced toinsure a slice of uniform The meat carrying plat-e proper C, rests 7 20 thickness. Another object is the provision thereupon and may be held in position, for of means Afor grasping the lower edge of the example bythe thumb screw or similar elenaterial being sliced to prevent its displacenients G1 or any other suitable clamping ment upon the carrier. Another object is means. The meat is supported vdirectly to providemeansf'for'elevating the lower upon the plate C, it being clamped ther'e- 80 edge of the material being sliced above the upon, for example, by any suitable clamp G5, general level of the meat support. Other the details of which forni no part of t-he objects will appear from time to time in the present invention. c course ofthe specification and claims. It will be realized that while I have il- I illustrate my`invention more or less lustre-ted al working mechanism, many im diagraminatically in the `accompanying changes might be made the size, shape, drawings, wherein` number and disposition ofpaits wit iout de- Figure 1 is a plan view; parting from the spirit of my invention, and

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2*-2 of I-do not wish my claims to be limited to the Figure l; specific structure or the specific type of 3" Figure 3 is a partial front view illusslicing machine herein shown..

ti'ating the front plate of the meat carriage The use and operation of my invention are and the outer edge of the main meat plate; as follows:

Figure A is a section on an enlarged scale In the slicing machines heretofore used of along the line 4 -4 of Figure l. the general type herein disclosed, it fre- 95 Like parts are illustrated byl like char-acquently happens that the slice is uneven. tei-s throughout the specilication and draw- This unevenness mayy result from various ings. r causes. There may be a lateral displacement A is a slicing machine fra-ine or supportof tliemeat along the forward edge of the ing structure across which reciprocates the Vmeat carriage-` When theinclined meat'supcarriage A1 which slides on the tracks or port plate is adjusted to position closely adbars A2, A2. The carriage A1 is 'adapted to jacent the edge of the carriage, the meat reciprocate in response to the rotation of the resting upon the plate is spaced substandrive Vwheel A. ,A5 is a concave cutting tially above the upper surface of the cardisc adapted to rotate in response to the roriage, and consequently, the lower edge ofthe tation of the wheel A4. A is a surface plate meat lacks adequate support. I deal with connecting the two sides ofthe carriage A1, both of these problems, by upwardly offand is secured upon it by any suitable means, setting the forward edge of the plate and by and rests upon the top of the side elements corrugating or roughening the upwardly od- Ao of the carriage. These sides elements set portion. Lateral displacement of the are grooved or slotted as at A11, the outer meat along the edge of the carriage is preedge of the plate A6 serving as the upper vented by the corrugations. The upwardly off-set portion serves as a support for the meat when the front edge of the carrier B or the plate C approaches the forward edge of the carriage. Thus the slices are as uniform in thickness, both in relation to each other and to the various parts of each slice when the support B is pushed forward as when it is withdrawn from the front edge of the carriage. y

One of the foremost problems of the slicing machine art is the provision of a machine which shall be sanitary, which shall elimina-te the gathering of meat fragments in inaccessible places, and their subsequent putrefaction. I have therefore 'developed a top plate for the meat supporting carriage which extends over the entire upper surface of the carriage and which therefore leaves no slot or aperture or separation between parts into which small fragments of meat can penetrate. The plate AG as shown in Figure 2, ,extends from side'to side of the meat carriage, its outer edge forming the upper flange of the track or slot r11. Itis downwardly turned at the rear of the carriage and at the front of the carriage it eX- tends forwardly beyond the carriage front plate A16. Thus there is no aperture into which meat can penetrate. Furthermore, the plate A6 is composed of a non-corrosive metalA and thus neither the meat being cut, nor the small fragments and crumbs incidental to the 'cutting can come in contact with a corrosive metal or a metal or material which is affected by the meat or which can in turn affect the meat which contacts it.

I claim:

1. In a slicing machine comprising a cutting element, av meat carriage and a meat support mounted upon said carriage and adapted to be lmoved forwardly thereupon. a cover for said carriage comprising a single plate covering the entire top thereof, the forward edge of said plate adjacent the 'cutting element being upwardly off-set above the rest of the plate.

2. In a slicing vmachine comprising ar cutting element, a meat carriage and a meatJ support 'mounted upon said 'carriage Aand adapted to `be moved forwardly thereupon, agcover for said carriage, comprising a single plate covering the entire top` thereof, the

forward edge of said plate adjacent the cutting element being upwardly olf-set above the rest of the plate, said 'portion being corrugated.

3. In a slicing machine comprising a cutting element, a meat carriage and a meat support mounted upon said carriage and ada'pted to be moved forwardly thereupon, a top plate for said meat carriage, the edge of said plate adjacent the cutting element being upwardly off-set above the rest of the plate, said off-set portion terminating a substantial distance from the sides of the edge of the plate.

4. In a slicing machine comprising a cutting element, a meat carriage and a meat support mounted thereupon and adapted to be moved forwardly thereupon, a cover for said meat carriage comprising a single plate covering Vthe entire top of the carriage, the sides of the carriage being channelled, bearing elements 'downwardly` depending from said meat support and adapted to penetrate in and ride along said channels, the tops of said channels being formed by the outwardly projecting edges of said cover plate.

5. In a slicing machine comprising a cutting element, a meat carriage and a meat support mounted thereupon, and adapted to be moved forwardly thereupon, a cover for said meat carriage comprising a single plate Ycovering the entire top of the carriage, said plate extending forwardly above and beyond the frontof the carriage frame and being downwardly Iturned about the rear edge of the carriage frame.

6. In a slicing machine comprising a cutting element, a meat carriage and a meat support mounted thereupon, and adapted to be moved forwardly thereupon, a cover for said meat carriage comprising a single plate covering the entire top of the carriage, said plate extending forwardly above and beyond the front. of the carriage frame and beino downwardly turned about the rear edge or the carriage, its forward edge being upwardly off-set from the body of the plate, the off-set portion being corrugated.

Signedat Chicago, county of rCook and State of Illinois, this llt-h day of August,

WALLACE B. wonrr.

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